WO2011139881A2 - Compositions contenant des nucléosides puriques et pyrimidiniques, des peptides, et du manganèse, et utilisations associées - Google Patents

Compositions contenant des nucléosides puriques et pyrimidiniques, des peptides, et du manganèse, et utilisations associées Download PDF

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WO2011139881A2
WO2011139881A2 PCT/US2011/034484 US2011034484W WO2011139881A2 WO 2011139881 A2 WO2011139881 A2 WO 2011139881A2 US 2011034484 W US2011034484 W US 2011034484W WO 2011139881 A2 WO2011139881 A2 WO 2011139881A2
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  • the invention provides methods of producing vaccines directed against microorganisms, with the methods comprising culturing, havesting and/or suspending the microorganism in the presence of a radiation-protective composition and irradiating the microorganism with a dose of radiation sufficient to render the microorganism replication-deficient.
  • the radiation-protective compositions used in the methods of the present invention comprise at least one decapeptide in a mixture of manganese- phosphate or manganese-bicarbonate buffer.
  • the invention also provides methods of rendering a bacteria in culture resistant to ionizing radiation (IR), with these methods comprising culturing the bacteria in the presence of a radiation-protective composition.
  • the extremely radiation-resistant family Deinococcaceae is comprised of greater than twenty distinct species that can survive acute exposures to ionizing radiation (IR) (10 kGy), ultraviolet light (UV) (1 kJ/m 2 ), and desiccation (years); and can grow under chronic IR (60 Gy/hour).
  • IR ionizing radiation
  • UV ultraviolet light
  • desiccation years
  • 60 Gy/hour chronic IR
  • Deinococcus radiodurans is a n extremely ionizing rad iation (I R) resista nt bacteriu m that can survive exposures to gamma-radiation that exceed by a factor of one thousand the doses which a re cytotoxic a nd lethal to ma mma lian cells
  • radiation poisoning also called "radiation sickness” or a “creeping dose”.
  • the term is generally used to refer to acute problems caused by a large dosage of radiation in a short period, though this also has occurred with long term exposure to low level radiation.
  • the clinical name for "radiation sickness” is acute radiation syndrome as described by the CDC.
  • a chronic radiation syndrome does exist but is very uncommon; this has been observed among workers in early radium source production sites and in the early days of the Soviet nuclear program.
  • a short exposure can result in acute radiation syndrome; chronic radiation syndrome requires a prolonged high level of exposure.
  • radioprotectors suitable for treating humans, and those which exist (e.g., amifostine) are cytotoxic and have serious side effects (e.g., loss of consciousness, fast or irregular breathing, itching, nausea and vomiting).
  • side effects e.g., loss of consciousness, fast or irregular breathing, itching, nausea and vomiting.
  • the invention provides methods of producing vaccines directed against microorganisms, with the methods comprising culturing, harvesting and/or suspending the microorganism in the presence of a radiation-protective composition and irradiating the microorganism with a dose of radiation sufficient to render the microorganism replication-deficient.
  • the radiation-protective compositions used in vaccine preparation methods of the present invention comprise at least one decapeptide in a manganese- containing buffer.
  • the invention also provides methods of rendering a bacteria in culture resistant to ionizing radiation (I ), with these methods comprising culturing the bacteria in the presence of a radiation- protective composition.
  • the radiation-protective compositions used in IR-resistant methods of the present invention comprise at least one nucleoside, phosphate, at least one antioxidant and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO).
  • FIG. 1 shows that compounds in D. radiodurans ultrafiltrates protect proteins but compounds ultrafiltrates from in Pseudonomas putida (PP), Escherichia coli (EC), and Thermus thermophilus (TT) do not.
  • Protein-free, ultra-filtrated D. radiodurans (DR) cell extract prevents ionizing radiation (IR)-induced protein oxidation in vitro, but extracts from the radiation sensitive bacteria Pseudomonas putida (PP), Escherichia coli (EC), and Thermus thermophilus (TT) did not.
  • coli proteins were incubated in PP-, EC-, TT-, or DR- ultra-filtrated extract during irradiation, and subjected to a protein carbonyl assay. Coomassie-stained polyacrylamide denaturing gel; Carbonyl Western blot, revealing protein oxidation and protection (no signal).
  • Figure 2 depicts the composition of Deinococcaceae radiodurans (DR) ultrafiltrate in comparison to ultrafiltrate from Pseudomonas putida (PP), Escherichia coli (EC) and Thermus thermophilus (TT).
  • DR Deinococcaceae radiodurans
  • Figure 3 depicts the survival curves of E. coli exposed to acute IR and grown in the presence of various supplements: TGY, standard peptide-rich growth medium; DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide;
  • FIG. 4 depicts the role of peptides in resistance to ionizing radiation.
  • A Cytosolic distribution and concentration of amino acids in D. radiodurans: "No-I ,” non-irradiated control cells held in 25 mM potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7.4 on ice, then washed and held in 25 mM phosphate buffer, pH 7.4 (32°C) for 0 or 30 min.
  • Figure 5 depicts the approach for irradiated vaccine preparation with the manganese complex.
  • DNA was prepared from irradiated bacteriophage ⁇ treated (right) or not (left) with the Mn 2+ complex (Mn-pep-Pi): 3 mM (H-Asp-Glu-His-Gly-Thr-Ala-Val-Met-Leu-Lys-OH) (SEQ ID NO: 1), 1 mM MnCI 2 , 25 mM orthophosphate (Pi) buffer (pH 7.4).
  • DNA 48.5 kbp genome was purified from bacteriophage ⁇ , subjected to conventional agarose gel electrophoresis, and then to Southern blotting with a radiolabelled ⁇ DNA probe.
  • the Mn 2+ complex does not significantly protect DNA packaged in viruses.
  • B The same bacteriophage ⁇ preparations as examined in panel A were tested for protein integrity by separating the virus proteins using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Conclusion: Proteins in viruses which were irradiated in the absence of the Mn 2+ complex (left) were progressively destroyed.
  • TEM Transmission electron micrograph
  • E ⁇ phage pre-irradiation - treated
  • D untreated
  • G TEM of ⁇ phage post-irradiation (40 kGy) treated (G) or not (F) with the Mn 2+ complex.
  • the ⁇ phage virus particles exposed to 40 kGy were undamaged.
  • Figure 6 depicts tabular and graphical data from mice tested with Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). These data show that the presence of the manganese complex in the irradiated composition conferred greater immune response in the treated mice.
  • MRSA Staphylococcus aureus
  • the inventors have studied the radio-resistance of D. radiodurans and prepared ultra-purified, protein free-cell extracts that exhibit radioprotective properties.
  • the invention is based in part on the discovery of radioprotective components of D. radiodurans cell free extract and artificial compositions containing such components.
  • D. radiodurans ultra-purified and protein-free cell extracts are extremely radioprotective of proteins exposed to gamma-radiation.
  • Adenosine, uridine and peptides are accumulated in D. radiodurans ultrafiltrate at higher concentrations than in ultrafiltrates of radiation sensitive bacteria.
  • nucleosides were shown to be highly protective of proteins, preventing ionizing radiation (IR)-induced protein carbonylation and preserve the function enzymes in the presence of Mn(ll).
  • IR ionizing radiation
  • a radioprotective composition of adenosine, manganese, peptides and phosphate has been developed.
  • D. radiodurans extracts have been shown to be potent radioprotectors for cultured human T-cells with greater potency than other well-established radioprotective compounds.
  • the present invention provides for radioprotective compositions either synthetic or derived from D. radiodurans (DR) and methods of uses of these compositions to protect proteins and/or cells from radiation damage. These compositions are useful to prevent radiation damage in compositions as well as in subjects such as humans or in cell cultures.
  • the composition of the present invention comprise manganese and at least one antioxidant peptide, or they comprise manganese and a collection of individual amino acids. In additional embodiments, the composition may also comprise at least one nucleoside.
  • the term "radioprotective composition” or “radiation protective composition” can mean either a DR ultrofiltrate extract prepared according to methods described herein, or it can mean a synthetic composition comprising manganese and at least one antioxidant peptide or a collection of individual amino acids. If a DR ultrafiltrate extract is used, this extract can be supplemented with any of the compounds described and disclosed herein.
  • the DR ultrafiltrate may be prepared according to the methods d isclosed herein, and additional Mn 2+ or peptides, for example, may be added to the extract.
  • the radioprotective compositions may further contain leucine, alanine, and/or valine.
  • Leucine is strongly implicated in scavenging hydrogen peroxide in the presence of Mn(ll), and may be components of larger intracellular complexes that include uridine and adenosine. Strong in vitro evidence indicates a synergistic effect between adenosine and manganese and phosphate.
  • the stoichiometry of adenosine and manganese and phosphate or bicarbonate buffers may be optimized for an apoptosis assay.
  • adenosine alone and M n(l l) alone are radioprotective in vivo for a mammalian cell line and for a bacterial cell culture.
  • compositions comprising purine nucleosides (e.g. adenosine), pyrimidine nucleosides (e.g., uridine) and a peptide antioxidant (e.g. manganese-peptide) act as radioprotectants by shielding a proteins' active site and surface.
  • the purine nucleoside e.g. adenosine (and optionally combined with the pyrimidine nucleoside uridine, and peptides) mediates its radioprotective effects upon accumulation within a cell, which inhibits radiation- induced protein oxidation, and in the presence of M n(l l) preserves enzyme function.
  • Adenosine is thought to protect proteins, and therefore scavenge a su bset of OS.
  • a or “an” means at least one, unless clearly indicated otherwise.
  • the term “about,” unless otherwise indicated, refers to a value that is no more than 10% above or below the value being modified by the term.
  • the term “about 5% (w/w)” means a range of from 4.5% (w/w) to 5.5% (w/w).
  • This invention provides for methods of preserving protein function or protein immunogenicity comprising contacting a protein with a composition of the present invention.
  • One embodiment of the invention is a method preserving protein function when the protein is exposed to the extreme conditions of radiation such as e.g. gamma radiation.
  • the method preserves protein function during desiccation.
  • the methods of preserving protein function provide radioprotection when the protein is exposed to high dose of radiation such as doses in excess of 10 kGy, e.g., 17.5 kGy.
  • the invention provides for methods of protecting protein function or protein immunogenicity in a cell culture or virus preparation comprising culturing, harvesting and/or suspending the cells with any of the radio-protective compositions described herein.
  • the virus preparation may be for DNA or RNA genomes, single-stranded or double-stranded.
  • the cell culture may be prokaryotic or eukaryotic.
  • the cell culture is bacterial.
  • the cell culture is mammalian.
  • the cell culture is a culture for the purpose of propagating viruses.
  • nucleoside if present, may be used in the radiation protective compositions.
  • Suitable nucleosides include, but are not limited to, adenosine, uridine, ⁇ -pseudouridine, inosine, and mixtures thereof.
  • the nucleoside is adenosine or uridine.
  • the composition contains adenosine.
  • the composition contains uridine.
  • the amount of nucleoside in the composition varies on its use. Those of skill in the art will be able to determine the suitable amount.
  • the amount of nucleoside ranges from about 0.01 mM to about 15 mM, from about 0.1 mM to about 1 mM, from about 1 mM to about 10 mM, from about 1 mM about 15 mM. In one embodiment, the concentration of one or more nucleosides comprises a bout 1 mM to a bout 15 m M of adenosine and/or uridine.
  • antioxidants may be used or present in the composition.
  • Suita ble antioxidants include manganese, vitamin E and manganous phosphate, Mn-peptides, Mn-amino acids (e.g.,
  • the antioxidant is manganese.
  • the antioxidant is MnCI 2 .
  • the antioxidant is vitamin E and/or aspirin.
  • the amount of antioxidant in the composition varies in its use. Those of skill in the art will be a ble to determine the suita ble amount.
  • the composition contains a bout 0.01 m M to a bout 15 m M of the antioxidant.
  • the composition contains a bout 0.01 m M to about 12.5 mM.
  • one antioxidant is manganous phosphate which may be provided as a mixture.
  • the mixture is produced by mixing a solution of manganese and a solution of phosphate.
  • the amount of antioxidant in the composition varies on its use. Those of skill in the art will be a ble to determine the suitable amount.
  • the compositions comprise from about 0.01 m M to a bout 15 mM of the manganous (Mn(ll)) ions. In a more specific embodiment, the compositions comprise from a bout 0.01 mM to about 15 mM of the manganous (Mn(l l)) ions in a phosphate buffer.
  • compositions comprise phosphate buffer at a concentration of from a bout 1 m M to a bout 25 mM.
  • the mixture is a 1 mM solution of Mn(ll) and a solution of 25mM phosphate buffer (ph 7.4).
  • compositions contain one or more amino acids that exhibit cytoprotective properties.
  • composition further contains at least one or more amino acid selected from the group consisting of asparagine, glutamine, serine, histidine, glycine, threonine, arginine, tyrosine, methionine, phenylalanine, isoleucine, lysine, ornithine, leucine, valine and alanine.
  • the amino acid is leucine.
  • the amino acid is glycine.
  • the compositions include at least leucine and alanine.
  • the composition does not contain proline.
  • the composition contains 10% or less proline as measured against the presence of another amino acids. For example, an equal mixture of 12 distinct amino acids would contain 1 proline residue or less in this embodiment.
  • compositions and the methods using these compositions may comprise at least one small peptide such as, but not limited to, a decpeptide.
  • small peptide means a small, linear chain of amino acids of no more than about 25 residues in length.
  • the small peptides used in the compositions or methods of the present invention are about 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 or 2 amino acids in length.
  • the actual sequence of the peptide is not critical to the compositions and methods of the present invention, thus any random peptide chain will suffice.
  • the compositions and methods using these compositions may comprise at least one small peptide, wherein the small peptide comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least about 80% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:l: Asp-Glu-His-Gly-Thr-Ala-Val- Met-Leu-Lys (SEQ ID NO:l).
  • the small peptide contains no proline residues.
  • the peptide contains less that 10% of proline residues as compared to other amino acids.
  • a 12-mer would contain one proline residue or less.
  • each of the small peptides independently comprise an amino acid sequence at least 60%, 70%, 80%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:l.
  • Small peptides that are less than 100% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:l are considered variants thereof.
  • the amount of small peptide will vary. Those of skill in the art will be able to determine the suitable amount depending on a variety of factor such as the subject, the duration of the radiation exposure, the amount of the radiation exposure, etc. In some embodiments of the invention, the amount of small peptide ranges from about 0.01 mM to about 15 mM, from about 0.1 mM to about 1 mM, from about 1 mM to about 10 mM, from about 1 mM about 15 mM. In one embodiment, the concentration of one or more small peptide comprises about 1 mM to about 15 mM of the peptide of SEQ ID NO:l or variants thereof.
  • the concentration of one or more small peptides comprises about 15 mM or less, about 14 mM or less, about 13 mM or less, about 12 mM or less, a bout 11 mM or less, a bout 10 mM or less, a bout 9 mM or less, about 8 mM or less, about 7 mM or less, about 6 mM or less, about 5 mM or less, about 4 mM or less, about 3 mM or less, about 2 mM or less, about ImM or less or about 0.5 mM or less of the peptide of SEQ ID NO:l.
  • the concentration of one or more small peptides can be in between any of the listed concentrations, for example between about 15mM and about 14mM, between about 14mM and about 13mM, between about 13mM and about 12mM, between about 12mM and about llmM, between about llmM and about lOmM, between about lOmM and about 9mM, between a bout 9mM and about 8mM, between about 8mM and about 7mM, between about 7mM and about 6mM, between about 6mM and about 5mM, between about 5mM and about 4mM, between about 5mM and about 3mM, between about 3mM and about 2mM, between about 2mM and about ImM, between about ImM and about 0.5mM, etc of the peptide of SEQ ID NO:l or variants thereof.
  • a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least, for example, about 95% "identical" to a reference amino acid sequence is understood to mean that the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide is identical to the reference sequence except that the amino acid sequence may include up to about five modifications per each 100 amino acids of the reference amino acid sequence.
  • up to about 10% of the amino acid residues of the reference sequence may be deleted or substituted with another amino acid or a number of amino acids up to about 10% of the total amino acids in the reference sequence may be inserted into the reference sequence.
  • These modifications of the reference sequence may occur at the N- terminus or C-terminus positions of the reference amino acid sequence or anywhere between those terminal positions, interspersed either individually among amino acids in the reference sequence or in one or more contiguous groups within the reference sequence.
  • identity is a measure of the identity of nucleotide sequences or amino acid sequences compared to a reference nucleotide or amino acid sequence. In general, the sequences are aligned so that the highest order match is obtained. "Identity” per se has an art-recognized meaning and can be calculated using published techniques. (See, e.g., Computational Molecular Biology, Lesk, A. M., ed., Oxford University Press, New York (1988); Biocomputing: Informatics And Genome Projects, Smith, D. W., ed., Academic Press, New York (1993); Computer Analysis of Sequence Data, Part I, Griffin, A. M., and Griffin, H.
  • identity is well known to skilled artisans (Carillo, H. & Lipton, D., Siam J Applied Math 48:1073 (1988)). Methods commonly employed to determine identity or similarity between two sequences include, but are not limited to, those disclosed in Guide to Huge Computers, Martin J.
  • Computer programs may also contain methods and algorithms that calculate identity and similarity. Examples of computer program methods to determine identity and similarity between two sequences include, but are not limited to, GCG program package (Devereux, J., et al., Nucleic Acids Research 12(i):387 (1984)), BLASTP, ExPASy, BLASTN, FASTA (Atschul, S. F., et al., J Molec Biol 215:403 (1990)) and FASTDB. Examples of methods to determine identity and similarity are discussed in Michaels, G. and Garian, R., Current Protocols in Protein Science, Vol 1, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2000), which is incorporated by reference.
  • the algorithm used to determine identity between two or more polypeptides is BLASTP.
  • the algorithm used to determine identity between two or more polypeptides is FASTDB, which is based upon the algorithm of Brutlag et al. (Comp. App. Biosci. 6:237-245 (1990), incorporated by reference).
  • FASTDB sequence alignment the query and reference sequences are amino sequences. The result of sequence alignment is in percent identity.
  • the reference sequence is shorter or longer than the query sequence because of N-terminus or C-terminus additions or deletions, but not because of internal additions or deletions, a manual correction can be made, because the FASTDB program does not account for N-terminus and C-terminus truncations or additions of the reference sequence when calculating percent identity.
  • the percent identity is corrected by calculating the number of residues of the query sequence that are N-and C- terminus to the reference sequence that are not matched/aligned, as a percent of the total bases of the query sequence.
  • the results of the FASTDB sequence alignment determine matching/alignment.
  • the alignment percentage is then subtracted from the percent identity, calculated by the above FASTDB program using the specified parameters, to arrive at a final percent identity score.
  • This corrected score may be used for the purposes of determining how alignments "correspond" to each other, as well as percentage identity. Residues of the reference sequence that extend past the N- or C-termini of the query sequence may be considered for the purposes of manually adjusting the percent identity score. That is, residues that are not matched/aligned with the N- or C-termini of the comparison sequence may be counted when manually adjusting the percent identity score or alignment numbering. [0042] For example, a 90 amino acid residue query sequence is aligned with a 100 residue reference sequence to determine percent identity.
  • the deletion occurs at the N-terminus of the query sequence and therefore, the FASTDB alignment does not show a match/alignment of the first 10 residues at the N- terminus.
  • the 10 unpaired residues represent 10% of the reference sequence (number of residues at the N- and C-termini not matched/total number of residues in the reference sequence) so 10% is subtracted from the percent identity score calculated by the FASTDB program. If the remaining 90 residues were perfectly matched (100% alignment) the final percent identity would be 90% (100% alignment - 10% unmatched overhang).
  • a 90 residue query sequence is compared with a 100 reference sequence, except that the deletions are internal deletions.
  • the percent identity calculated by FASTDB is not manually corrected, since there are no residues at the N- or C- termini of the subject sequence that are not matched/aligned with the query.
  • a 110 amino acid query sequence is aligned with a 100 residue reference sequence to determine percent identity. The addition in the query occurs at the N-terminus of the query sequence and therefore, the FASTDB alignment may not show a match/alignment of the first 10 residues at the N-terminus. If the remaining 100 amino acid residues of the query sequence have 95% identity to the entire length of the reference sequence, the N-terminal addition of the query would be ignored and the percent identity of the query to the reference sequence would be 95%.
  • the compositions comprise adenosine, uridine, leucine, adenine, and manganese. In another embodiment, the composition comprises about 1 to about 15 mM adenosine and about 1 to about 12.5 mM MnCI 2 . In another embodiment, the composition comprises a D.
  • radiodurans extract containing one or more nucleosides and one or more antioxidants.
  • any protein function may be preserved by use of the methods of this invention.
  • the protein is an enzyme.
  • the methods of the instant disclosure are particularly useful in preventing protein oxidation associated with ultraviolet radiation and aging.
  • the methods also preserve protein functionality during desiccation and thus help increase the shelf life of desiccated blood products and enzyme-based drugs, which are stored dry.
  • the methods of the invention optimally preserve protein function (such as e.g., enzymatic activity) during exposure to radiation.
  • One embodiment of the invention is a method of preservation comprising contacting a protein (such as e.g., an enzyme) with a composition comprising one or more nucleosides and one or more antioxidants.
  • Another embodiment of the invention is a method of increasing the durability and longevity of microbial and enzyme-driven fuel cells comprising contacting the components of the fuel cell with a composition comprising one or more nucleosides and one or more antioxidants.
  • This method may be suitable to preserve the function of many proteins including but not limited to proteins with Fe-S complexes (such as metabolic enzymes) and enzymatic repair functions that are dependent on redox-active (4Fe-4S) clusters.
  • Exemplary proteins include protein groups associated with the production of reactive oxygen species ( OS), transport protein precursors which might reduce biosynthetic demands and suppress the production of ROS, proteins that defend against ROS, proteins that participate in repair of damaged molecules (non-DNA) and redox regulation as well as Mn and Fe- dependent systems.
  • OS reactive oxygen species
  • transport protein precursors which might reduce biosynthetic demands and suppress the production of ROS
  • proteins that defend against ROS proteins that participate in repair of damaged molecules (non-DNA) and redox regulation as well as Mn and Fe- dependent systems.
  • Other exemplary proteins are listed in Ghosal et al. (2005), FEMS Microbiology Reviews 29: 361-375, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated in its entirety.
  • the invention also provides methods of producing vaccines directed against microorganisms, with the methods comprising culturing, harvesting, and/or suspending the microorganism in the presence of a radiation-protective composition of the present invention and irradiating the bacteria with a dose of radiation sufficient to render the microorganism replication-deficient.
  • the radiation protective composition is synthetic; in another embodiment, the radiation protective composition is DR ultrafiltrate extract.
  • Methods of vaccine preparation are well known in the art.
  • the methods provided herein can be applied to these well-known vaccine preparation methods, or they can be used separately and apart from traditional vaccine preparation methods.
  • one embodiment of the present invention provides for methods of vaccine preparation without genetically engineering the microorganism against which the vaccine is being prepared.
  • the methods disclosed herein allow for normal, wild-type microorganisms to be cultured, harvested, and/or suspended in the presence of the radiation-protective compositions, such that the three-dimensional structure of the proteins within and the cell surface markers on the microorganisms is preserved during an extreme dose of radiation.
  • the dose of radiation is designed to obliterate the genome of the microorganism such that the microorganism is incapable of replication.
  • the replication-deficient cells can be collected and vaccine preparation can be carried out using normal vaccine preparatory techniques.
  • the protective compositions of the present invention preserve at least a fraction of the immunogenic proteins of the microorganism, such that administration of a vaccine comprising the irradiated microorganism to an animal will produce an immunogenic response.
  • the present methods of vaccine preparation can be practiced using routine cell culture techniques.
  • the microoganisms against which a vaccine can be prepared using the methods of the present invention include bacteria and viruses. Standard cell culture techniques for bacteria and viruses are well known in the art.
  • the vaccine preparation methods of the present invention are not limited to a particular type of radiation, provided the type and dose used is capable of rendering the microorganism replication defective.
  • radiation include but are not limited to, UV light, alpha radiation, beta radiation, gamma radiation, X-ray radiation and neutron radiation.
  • the dose of radiation is at least about 20 kGy.
  • the dose of radiation may be over 25,000 Gy (25kGy) for bacterial mixtures and the dose of radiation may be over 40,000 Gy (40 kGy) for viral mixtures.
  • the invention also provides methods of rendering bacteria in culture resistant to ionizing radiation (I ), with these methods comprising culturing the bacteria in the presence of a radiation- protective composition of the present invention.
  • the radiation-protective compositions used in IR- resistant methods of the present invention comprise at least one nucleoside, phosphate, at least one antioxidant and any non-metabolizable hydroxyl-radical scavengers, such as but not limited to, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO).
  • the invention also provides for methods of treating or preventing the effects of radiation exposure.
  • the methods comprise treating or preventing the effects of radiation exposure with a therapeutic agent comprising one or more nucleosides and one or more antioxidants.
  • the radiation exposure is due to UV exposure. In another embodiment of the invention, the radiation exposure is due to ionizing radiation. In another embodiment of the invention, the radiation exposure is chronic.
  • compositions comprising one or more nucleosides and one or more antioxidants as well as formulations containing other
  • pharmaceutically acceptable components such as e.g. pharmaceutically acceptable carriers.
  • Radiation exposure shall mean exposure to any radiation in a dose and for a period sufficient to cause damage. Radiation exposure includes but it is not limited to exposure to UV light, alpha radiation, beta radiation, gamma radiation, X-ray radiation and neutron radiation.
  • the invention provides for methods of treating or preventing the side effects of radiotherapy.
  • radiotherapy shall refer to the use of certain types of energy (such as e.g., ionizing radiation) to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
  • radiotherapy includes all types of radiotherapy including but not limited to external radiation therapy (such as e.g., intraoperative radiotherapy and prophylactic cranial irradiation (PC)), internal radiation therapy (such as e.g., interstitial radiation therapy, intracavitary or intraluminal radiation therapy), systemic radiation therapy, stereotactic (or stereotaxic) radiosurgery, three-d imensional (3-D) conformal radiation therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IM RT).
  • external radiation therapy such as e.g., intraoperative radiotherapy and prophylactic cranial irradiation (PC)
  • internal radiation therapy such as e.g., interstitial radiation therapy, intracavitary or intraluminal radiation therapy
  • systemic radiation therapy such as e.g., stereotactic (or stereotaxic) radiosurgery, three-d imensional (3-D) conformal radiation therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IM RT).
  • IM RT intensity-modulated radiation therapy
  • Radiotherapy is used to treat a variety of cancers including solid tumors (such as e.g., cancers of the brain, breast, cervix, larynx, lung, pancreas, prostate, skin, spine, stomach, uterus, or soft tissue sarcomas). Radiotherapy is also used to treat leukemia and lymphoma (i.e., cancers of the blood-forming cells and lymphatic system, respectively) as well as cancers of the skin, cervix, and thyroids.
  • solid tumors such as e.g., cancers of the brain, breast, cervix, larynx, lung, pancreas, prostate, skin, spine, stomach, uterus, or soft tissue sarcomas.
  • Radiotherapy is also used to treat leukemia and lymphoma (i.e., cancers of the blood-forming cells and lymphatic system, respectively) as well as cancers of the skin, cervix, and thyroids.
  • side effects of radiotherapy shall be refer to any side effect experienced by a su bject undergoing radiotherapy. Such side effects include but are not limited to tiredness and skin reactions, anemia, increased risk of bruising or bleeding, decreased fertility, dry mouth, loss of appetite and weight, hair loss etc.
  • a "su bject in need of treatment” is an animal with a bacterial infection that is potentially life- threatening or that impairs health or shortens the lifespan of the animal.
  • the animal can be a fish, bird, or mammal.
  • Exemplary mammals include humans, domesticated animals (e.g., cows, horses, sheep, pigs, dogs, and cats), and exhibition animals, e.g., in a zoo.
  • the su bject is human.
  • treating refers to curative therapy, prophylactic therapy, and preventative therapy.
  • composition is meant to encompass, and not limited to, pharmaceutical compositions and nutraceutical compositions containing one or more nucleosides and one or more antioxidants.
  • the composition may also contain one or more "excipients” that are “inactive ingredients” or “compounds” devoid of pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or to affect the structure or any function of the human body.
  • excipients that are "inactive ingredients” or “compounds” devoid of pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or to affect the structure or any function of the human body.
  • a "pharmaceutically acceptable” component is one that is suitable for use with humans, animals, and/or plants without undue adverse side effects (such as e.g., toxicity, irritation, and allergic response) commensurate with a reasonable benefit/risk ratio.
  • the therapeutic agent may contain any nucleoside. Suitable nucleosides include but are not limited to adenosine, uridine, ⁇ -pseudouridine, inosine, and mixtures thereof. In one embodiment, the nucleoside is adenosine and/or uridine. In one embodiment, the therapeutic agent contains adenosine. In other embodiment of the invention, the therapeutic agent contains uridine.
  • the therapeutic agent may contain a variety of suita ble antioxidants, which have been disclosed herein.
  • suitable antioxidants include but are not limited to manganese, vitamin E, and manganous-phosphate, Mn-peptides, Mn-amino acids [e.g., Leucine), Mn-T IS, Mn-melanin, Mn-caffeine, Mn-ribose, Mn-trehalose, Mn-dipicolinic acid, Mn-phosphate and Mn-bacarobonate.
  • the antioxidant of the therapeutic agent is manganese.
  • the antioxidant is MnCI 2 .
  • the antioxidant is one or more peptides.
  • a critical antioxidant is manganous phosphate, which may be provided at near-millimolar concentrations.
  • the antioxidant is MnCI 2 , with phosphate added separately.
  • the phosphate may or may not be orthophosphate.
  • the amount of antioxidant in the composition varies on its use. Those of skill in the art will be able to determine the suitable amount.
  • the composition contains about 0.01 mM to about 15 mM of the manganous (Mn(ll)) ions and 1 mM to about 25 mM phosphate buffer.
  • nucleoside and antioxidant in the therapeutic agent varies. Those of skill in the art will be able to determine the suitable amount depending on a variety of factor such as the subject, the duration of the radiation exposure, the amount of the radiation exposure etc. In some
  • the amount of nucleoside ranges from about 0.01 mM to about 15 mM, from about 0.1 mM to about 1 mM, from about 1 mM to about 10 mM, from about 1 mM about 15 mM.
  • the concentration of one or more nucleosides comprises about 1 mM to about 15 mM of adenosine and/or uridine.
  • the amount of antioxidant ranges from about 0.01 mM to about 15 mM.
  • the therapeutic agent contains about 0.01 mM to about 12.5 mM.
  • the therapeutic agent may further contain one or more amino acids that exhibit cytoprotective properties.
  • therapeutic agent further contains at least one or more amino acid selected from the group consisting of leucine, valine, and alanine.
  • the amino acid is leucine.
  • the amino acid is glycine.
  • the therapeutic agent comprises adenosine, uridine, leucine, adenine, and manganese. In an alternate embodiment, the therapeutic agent comprises about 1 mM to about 15 mM adenosine and about 1 mM to about 12.5 mM MnCI 2 . In another embodiment, the therapeutic agent comprises a D. radiodurans extract containing one or more nucleosides and one or more antioxidants.
  • the therapeutic agent is a composition suitable for human use comprising one or more nucleoside (such as e.g., adenosine, uridine, ⁇ -pseudouridine, inosine, and mixtures thereof), one or more antioxidant (such as e.g., manganese, peptides, and vitamin E) and optionally one or more amino acid selected from the group consisting of leucine, valine, and alanine.
  • the composition suitable for human use comprises adenosine and manganese.
  • the therapeutic agent is a D. radiodurans extract containing one or more nucleosides and one or more antioxidants.
  • the methods for treating or preventing the effects of radiation exposure comprise administration of a therapeutic agent comprising one or more nucleosides and one or more antioxidants to a subject in need thereof.
  • One embodiment is a method of preventing a side effect of radiotherapy, comprising administration of a D. radiodurans extract comprising one or more nucleosides and one or more antioxidants to a subject in need thereof.
  • Another embodiment of the invention is a method of preventing a side effect of radiotherapy comprising administration of a composition comprising one or more nucleosides, an antioxidant and optionally an amino acid selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine and leucine to a subject in need thereof.
  • the one or more nucleoside is adenosine and/or uridine, which may be present in amounts from about 1 mM to about 15 mM of adenosine and/or uridine.
  • the one or more nucleosides may also selected from the group consisting of adenosine, uridine, ⁇ -pseudouridine, inosine, and mixtures thereof.
  • the antioxidant may be manganese (e.g. of a bout 1 mM to about 12.5 mM). In one embodiment, the antioxidant is MnCI 2 . In another embodiment, the antioxidant is one or more peptides. In another embodiment, the composition comprises adenosine, uridine, leucine, adenine, and manganese.
  • compositions comprising one or more nucleosides and one or more antioxidants (e.g., adenosine, uridine, peptides and Mn) are relatively non-toxic.
  • the methods of the invention are particularly suitable for pre- and post-exposure treatments of military personnel and civilians accidentally or deliberately exposed to ionizing radiation.
  • the methods may also used prophylactically for individuals exposed to significant chronic levels of radiation such as in nuclear power plants, during long-duration space flight, or on the international space station.
  • a "safe and effective amount” refers to a quantity of a component that is sufficient to yield a desired therapeutic response without undue adverse side effects (such as toxicity, irritation, or allergic response) commensurate with a reasonable benefit/risk ratio when used in the manner of this invention.
  • therapeutically effective amount is meant an amount of a component effective to yield a desired therapeutic response, e.g., an amount effective to slow the rate of bacterial cell division, or to cause cessation of bacterial cell division, or to cause death or decrease rate of population growth of the bacteria.
  • the specific safe and effective amount or therapeutically effective amount will vary with such factors as the particular condition being treated, the physical condition of the subject, the type of subject being treated, the duration of the treatment, the nature of concurrent therapy (if any), and the specific formulations employed and the structure of the compounds or its derivatives.
  • Means of application include, but are not limited to direct, indirect, carrier and special means or any combination of means.
  • Direct application of the phage may be by nasal sprays, nasal drops, nasal ointments, nasal washes, nasal injections, nasal packings, bronchial sprays and inhalers, or indirectly through use of throat lozenges, or through use of mouthwashes or gargles, or through the use of ointments applied to the nasal nares, the bridge of the nose, or the face or any combination of these and similar methods of application.
  • the forms in which the phage may be administered include but are not limited to lozenges, troches, candies, injectants, chewing gums, tablets, powders, sprays, liquids, ointments, and aerosols.
  • the therapeutic agent may also be placed in a nasal spray, wherein the nasal spray is the carrier.
  • the nasal spray can be a long acting or timed release spray, and can be manufactured by means well known in the art.
  • An inhalant may also be used, so that the therapeutic agent may reach further down into the bronchial tract, including into the lungs.
  • the therapeutic agent may be added to these su bstances in a liquid form or in a lyophilized state, whereupon it will be solu bilized when it meets body fluids such as saliva.
  • the enzyme may also be in a micelle or liposome.
  • compositions are for a human.
  • the effective dosage rates or amounts of the compositions will depend in part on whether the composition will be used therapeutically or prophylactically, the duration of exposure of the recipient to radiation, the type of radiation, the size, and weight of the individual, etc.
  • the du ration for use of the composition also depends on whether the use is for prophylactic purposes, wherein the use may be hourly, daily or weekly, for a short time period, or whether the use will be for therapeutic purposes wherein a more intensive regimen of the use of the composition may be needed, such that usage may last for hours, days or weeks, and/or on a daily basis, or at timed intervals during the day. Any dosage form employed should provide for a minimum number of units for a minimum amount of time.
  • the concentration of the active units of phage believed to provide for an effective amount or dosage of phage may be in the range of a bout 100 units/ml to a bout 100,000 units/ml of fluid in the wet or damp environment of the nasal and oral passages, and possibly in the range of a bout 100 units/ml to a bout 10,000 units/ml. More specifically, time exposure to the radiation may influence the desired concentration of active radioprotective composition units per ml.
  • carriers that are classified as “long” or “slow” release carriers could possess or provide a lower concentration of the composition per ml, but over a longer period of time
  • a "short” or “fast” release carrier such as, for example, a gargle
  • a therapeutically effective amount of a particular composition can be determined by those of ordinary skill in the art with due consideration of the factors pertinent to the su bject.
  • Selection of the preferred effective dose can be determined (e.g., via clinical trials) by a skilled artisan based upon the consideration of several factors which will be known to one of ordinary skill in the art. Such factors include the disease to be treated or prevented, the symptoms involved, the patient's body mass, the patient's immune status and other factors known by the skilled artisan to reflect the accuracy of administered pharmaceutical compositions.
  • the precise dose to be employed in the formulation will also depend on the route of administration and should be decided according to the judgment of the practitioner and each patient's circumstances. Effective doses may be extrapolated from dose-response curves derived from in vitro or animal model test systems.
  • compositions comprising nucleosides and antioxidants may also be applied by direct, indirect, carriers and special means or any combination of means.
  • Direct application of the phage may be by nasal sprays, nasal drops, nasal ointments, nasal washes, nasal injections, nasal packings, bronchial sprays and inhalers, or indirectly through use of throat lozenges, or through use of mouthwashes or gargles, or through the use of ointments applied to the nasal nares, the bridge of the nose, or the face or any combination of these and similar methods of application.
  • the forms in which the phage may be administered include but are not limited to lozenges, troches, candies, injectants, chewing gums, tablets, powders, sprays, liquids, ointments, and aerosols.
  • the bronchial sprays and aerosols are most beneficial, as these carriers, or means of distributing the composition, allow the phage to reach the bronchial tubes and the lungs.
  • compositions of the present invention can be administered via parenteral, subcutaneous, intravenous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, transdermal, or buccal routes.
  • an agent may be administered locally to a site of injury via microinfusion.
  • microinfusion Alternatively, or concurrently,
  • administration may be by the oral route.
  • the dosage administered will be dependent upon the age, health, and weight of the recipient, kind of concurrent treatment, if any, frequency of treatment, and the nature of the effect desired.
  • the method comprises administration of the therapeutic agent in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier Suitable carriers and their formulations are described in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2005, Mack Publishing Co.
  • an appropriate amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt is used in the formulation to render the formulation isotonic.
  • the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier include liquids such as saline, Ringer's solution, and dextrose solution.
  • the pH of the solution is preferably from about 5 to about 8, and more preferably from about 7 to about 7.5.
  • the formulation may also comprise a lyophilized powder.
  • Further carriers include sustained release preparations such as semi-permeable matrices of solid hydrophobic polymers, which matrices are in the form of shaped articles, e.g., films, liposomes or microparticles. It will be apparent to those persons skilled in the art that certain carriers may be more preferable depending upon, for instance, the route of administration and concentration of proinflammatory cytokine inhibitor being administered.
  • the methods optimally provide therapeutics against numerous redox-related forms of cell injury mediated by protein damage, and facilitate wound healing.
  • One embodiment of the invention is a method of preparing D. radiodurans cell-free ultrafiltrate extracts that exhibit radio-protective properties.
  • the methods comprise harvesting a D. radiodurans by e.g., centrifugation, lysing the D. radiodurans culture to create a lysate, washing the D. radiodurans lysate followed by centrifuging the lysate for a time and under conditions sufficient to create a supernatant. After centrifugation, the supernatant is passed through a microfilter, preferably a 3 kiloDalton microfilter, and boiled for a period for a suitable amount of time.
  • a microfilter preferably a 3 kiloDalton microfilter
  • the supernatant is boiled for about 15 to about 45 minutes after filtration.
  • the resulting D. radiodurans extract contains one or more nucleosides and one or more antioxidants, is soluble in butanol, resistant to boiling, and cell-free.
  • the extract contains adenosine and manganese. In another embodiment, the extract contains adenosine and/or uridine manganese.
  • the cell extracts may also further contain leucine, alanine, and/or valine.
  • the D. radiodurans extract contains at least adenosine, uridine, leucine, adenine, and manganese.
  • Example 1 Preparation of protein-free extract from D. radiodurans
  • D. radiodurans (ATTC BAA-816) was grown to OD600 0.9 in TGY, harvested by centrifugation, and lysed by French pressure treatment. The cells were washed and then lysed in double-distilled, de- ionized sterile water (dH 2 0). Prior to lysis, cell density was adjusted with dH 2 0 to yield lysates representing approximately 50% intracellular concentration. Crude cell extracts were centrifuged for 20 hours at 175,000 ⁇ g. The supernatant was passed through a ⁇ 3 kiloDalton Microcon centrifugal filter (Millipore, USA) and boiled for 30 min. The Coomassie (Bradford) protein assay was used to confirm the virtual absence of proteins in the ultra-purified extracts, which were aliquoted and stored at -80 Q C.
  • the u!trafi!tered cell extracts were prepared from D. radiodurans (ATCC BAA-816), P. putida (ATCC 47054), E. coli (MG1655), and T. thermophilus (ATCC BAA-163).
  • M. E. Maguire provided wild-type f. coli (M M1925, strain K12.) and its isogenic mnfHmutant (MM2115).
  • D, radiodurans recA- (rec30) and E. coli recA- (DH10B) are known in the art.
  • the Jurkat T cell line was ATCC TIB-152.
  • the DR-, PP-, EC- and TT-uitrafiitrates were prepared from bacteria grown as batch cultures in TGY medium to the same optical density at 600 nm (0.9; log-phase).
  • high cell-density growth of D. radiodurans was in a 20 L fermentor. The cells were broken open by passage through a French Press.
  • bacterial iysates were centrifuged at 12,000 ⁇ g (1 h, 4°C); the supematants were standardised for concentration on a protein-basis and uitracentrifuged at 190,000 ⁇ g (48 h, 4°C); and the
  • uitracentrifuged supematants were subjected to filtration through 3 kDa filters.
  • the ultrafiltrates were boiled for 40 min, concentrated 5 times, and stored at -S0°C.
  • the chemical composition of the DR-, PP-, EC- and TT-ultrafiltrates were determined as follows: Mn and Fe on a Perkin Elmer model 4100ZL atomic absorption spectrometer; inorganic phosphate by the malachite green assay; bases, nucleosides and nucleotides by HPLC; protease activity with azocasein as substrate; and amino acids by pre-column derivatisation as implemented by Agilent Technologies.
  • the extremely radioprotective Mn 2+ -decapeptide-phosphate complex is based on a consensus amino acid sequence (H-Asp-Glu-His-Gly-Thr-Ala-Val-Met-Leu-Lys-OH) (SEQ ID NO: 1) of hundreds of peptides purified from D. radiodurans.
  • the composition of the mixture which spontaneously forms the Mn 2+ complex comprises 3 mM (H-Asp-Glu-His-Gly-Thr-Ala-Val-Met-Leu-Lys-OH) (SEQ ID NO: 1), 1 mM MnCI 2 , 25 mM orthophosphate (Pi) buffer (pH 7.4).
  • the Mn 2+ complexes When reconstituted in vitro, the Mn 2+ complexes preserved the activity of enzymes exposed to 50,000 Gy.
  • Studies with the decapeptides have demonstrated that it is the amino acid composition of the decapeptide, not the specific sequence of amino acids, which is critical to its radioprotective properties when combined with Mn 2+ and orthophosphate buffer.
  • the peptides need not be limited to 10 amino acids, but instead be comprised of the specific amino acids present in the above decapeptide.
  • Example 5 Application of reconstituted D. radiodurans Mn 2+ complexes for the production of irradiated vaccines.
  • Mn-pep-Pi 3 mM (H-Asp-Glu-His-Gly-Thr-Ala- Val-Met-Leu-Lys-OH) (SEQ ID NO: 1), 1 mM MnCI 2 , 25 mM orthophosphate (Pi) buffer (pH 7.4).
  • DNA 48.5 kbp genome was purified from bacteriophage ⁇ , subjected to conventional agarose gel electrophoresis, and then to Southern blotting with a radiolabeled ⁇ DNA probe.
  • the Mn 2+ complex does not significantly protect DNA packaged in viruses.

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La présente invention concerne des procédés de production de vaccins dirigés contre des micro-organismes, les procédés comprenant les étapes consistant à cultiver, à récolter et/ou à mettre en suspension le micro-organisme en présence d'une composition protégeant contre les rayonnements, et à irradier les bactéries ou les virus avec une dose de rayonnements suffisante pour rendre la réplication du micro-organisme déficiente et/ou pour le rendre non infectieux. Les compositions protégeant contre les rayonnements utilisées dans les procédés de la présente invention comprennent au moins un nucléoside, au moins un antioxydant et au moins un petit peptide. L'invention concerne également des procédés consistant à rendre les bactéries en culture résistantes à des rayonnements ionisants, lesdits procédés comprenant la culture des bactéries en présence d'une composition protégeant contre les rayonnements.
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